Stories by Glen Ford

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Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders

Posted on Apr 29, 2012, Source: Black Agenda Report

The Corrections Corporation of America believes the economic crisis has created an opportunity to become landlord, as well as manager, of a chunk of the American prison gulag.

Historic Georgia Inmate Strike: Prisoners Demand Human Rights, Education, Wages for Work

Posted on Dec 17, 2010, Source: Black Agenda Report

Georgia prisoners have began a courageous, peaceful and nonviolent protest strike for educational opportunities, wages for their work, medical care and human rights.

Massive Race Divide: Blacks Will Never Gain Wealth Equality With Whites Under the Current System

Posted on May 21, 2010, Source: Black Agenda Report

A new study shows African Americans are tumbling out of the nation's economic orbit on a tragic trajectory that will never let them achieve parity with whites.

Blacks Need Radio News, Not Michael Baisden's Slanders

Posted on Nov 21, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report

Syndicated radio host Michael Baisden, eager to become kingpin of Jena Six fundraising, launched a slanderous campaign against the many black groups that don't have access to ABC Radio's mega-audience.

'Cancer' in the Congressional Black Caucus as That Body Has Become Increasingly Pro-Corporate and Anti-Community

Posted on Nov 17, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report

The cancer in the Caucus must be removed one cell at a time, but it requires courageous candidates backed by enough non-corporate money to go the distance.

Clarence Thomas, the Anti-Black

Posted on Oct 13, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report

Thomas is often described as a "complicated" personality, but that's just a euphemism for being a self-loathing ally of the worst sections of the white ruling class.

Hip Hop Profanity, Misogyny and Violence: Blame the Manufacturer

Posted on May 7, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report

Corporations have been usurping and reshaping Black mass culture for decades -- hip hop is just the latest product line.

There's Not a Dime's Worth of Difference Between Hillary and Obama on Iraq

Posted on Jan 26, 2007, Source: Black Agenda Report

Rep. Maxine Waters aims to stop Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from tip-toeing around the issue of Iraq and says it's time for them to get serious about an exit strategy.

The State of the Apocalypse

Posted on Jan 23, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com

The State of the Union address is a farce in the face of the destruction this administration has wreaked on the nation and world.

Bigger Than Hip-Hop

Posted on Sep 19, 2006, Source: In These Times

Hip-hop is arguably the most potent musical force in the country today, and African-American activists are working to shape it into a political movement as well.

Rhythms of Resistance

Posted on Jan 19, 2006, Source: The Black Commentator

The overwhelmingly black New Orleans diaspora is returning to find that their homes are being stolen out from under them.

A Hurricane of Differences

Posted on Jan 10, 2006, Source: The Black Commentator

African Americans and whites perceived the government's failed response to Katrina in drastically different ways.

The Meaningless Apology on Lynching

Posted on Jun 17, 2005, Source: The Black Commentator

The vast bulk of black Americans see the "apology" for what it is -- a scam, with no substantial benefits, and less good faith.

The Problem with Al Sharpton

Posted on Feb 6, 2004, Source: The Black Commentator

The growing storm over Sharpton's covert alliance with rightwing Republicans is a deathblow to his actual goal: to become the recognized leader of African Americans.

Two Civilized Men Among the Barbarians

Posted on Oct 9, 2003, Source: The Black Commentator

Only Dennis Kucinich and Al Sharpton appear prepared to take part in the evolving global discussion on the central issues facing humanity.
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